Cocktail Chronicles
An excellent blog by a man who has more cocktail books than I thought were published.

cocktailnerd
Gabriel has crafted a fine site and shares some of my pain with a state-run liquor system. He also manages to post about 4000 times more than me, and it’s always interesting!

Dave’s Drinks
Anyone who posts about exotic cocktails makes it on this blogroll!

Days That End In “Y”
An all-around drinking blog that posts quality news on the world of spirits, beer, wine, gadgets… the list goes on, as do the posts, which are too numerous to count. “Updated frequently” would be an understatement.

Dr. Bamboo
A fellow Pennsylvanian with a penchant for art and fine cocktails.

Favorite Posts

Riffing on the Aurora Bora Borealis proved to be a challenging quest. And one so fraught with peril I had to dig out my dusty game cocktail genie to grant me more lives. Orange, orgeat, and coconut cream seem to be the best of friends, but push one even the tiniest bit the wrong way, and you’re left with an orange julius cough drop of horror.

The lure of Super Punch has been strong ever since I dreamed up the Star Power. Though I’ve learned much since then: thou shalt treat this Christmas fruitcake bomb as the hippopotamus of flavor it is. Use it in dash or teaspoon quantities and it augments the holiday-factor in nearly any libation. Use more than a quarter ounce or so and the only heart you’ll be warming is Scrooge’s.

The most baffling taste of chocolate lingers delicately on your tongue after each sip, like some handsome ghoul behind your bed curtains – most assuredly the strange combination of orgeat and Super Punch at work.

KP Question

What’s the weirdest ingredient you’ve put into a tiki drink?

8 Responses to “Remixed: Von Kaiser”

8 Comments to “
Remixed: Von Kaiser”

I feel like, in answer to the question, the answer is going to be “Sauternes” from that Stuft Shirt Mai Tai in _Remixed_. I can’t imagine anything weirder than that, but I can’t wait to hear what others have added!

As for drinks I’ve actually made (or ever would actually made), I was playing around w/ Lei Lana Volcano variation that had Batavia Arrack & coconut rum in it. Also, liquid smoke.

As for odd tiki/tropical frink ingredients, one I use in a favorite Jamaican rum punch is that super thick and totally artificial Grace Jamaican strawberry flavored syrup. A little bit tossed into a punch with Coruba and J Wray, lime, passionfruit and orange juices, and pimento dram and you’re ready to roll.

Off the topic of the weirdest ingredient thread for a moment, i just wanted to tap Rick or any of the other folks here’s expertise regarding Cream Of Coconut, as the ingredients in Coco Lopez are pretty damn alarming. Has anyone here experimented with some of the more natural unsweetened coconut creams like Kara or Savoy or the coconut cream concentrates from Tropical Traditions? Thanks from a longtime lurker!

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